Manchin Bailed Out Plant That Pays Millions to His Family's Coal Company

Here's how Joe Manchin made his millions in the waste coal industry.

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Preview: In 2009, then-Gov. Manchin directed the West Virginia House speaker to introduce the Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act, later signing it into law. The bill requires the state’s power companies to produce a certain portion of electricity from renewable or alternative fuels, but it defined alternative fuels to include many sources of greenhouse gas pollution, specifically stating that waste coal would qualify.

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